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silt 1, noun(dictionary)
silt 2, verb(dictionary)

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silt verb. M17.
[from the noun.]
verb trans.
a. Fill or block by gradual accumulation of silt. Usu. foll. by up. M17.
C. Lyell The deposits..have silted up some of our estuaries.
b. Cover up or over with silt. Usu. in pass. M19.
verb intrans. Become filled or blocked with silt. Usu. foll. by up. L18.
R. Dahl The little harbour..has silted up so the..ships can no longer use it.
verb intrans. Flow or drift like silt; settle or be deposited like silt; transf. pass gradually. M19.
fig.: D. H. Lawrence Into the shadow-white chamber silts the white Flux of another dawn.
siltage noun (rare) silt, silted material L19.
sil'tation noun M20.